Eisenhower Leadership Conference
Registration
Details
The conference features:
- Susan Eisenhower, Eisenhower Institute expert-in-residence and author of How Ike Led: The Principles Behind Eisenhower’s Biggest Decisions
- Colby Jenkins on “Leadership and Building Your A-Team." Mr. Jenkins serves as Army Reserve Chief of Staff, Special Operations Command; former Special Forces Green Beret; former U.S. Senate aide and Pentagon liaison; former Defense Innovation Unit Director of Operations
- Garthwait Leadership Center Interactive Workshop
Where
Breidenbaugh Hall 201 Joseph Theater
39.836451,-77.233545
Speakers
Susan Eisenhower
Expert-in-Residence
Eisenhower Institute
Susan Eisenhower is the Eisenhower Institute's expert-in-residence. She was a founding director and the first president of the Eisenhower Institute where she became known for her work in the former Soviet Union. For more than twenty years she traveled extensively to that region, on matters related to US national security. More recently she has concentrated her efforts on the energy security field.
At Gettysburg College, Eisenhower offers her undergraduate program, Strategy & Leadership in Transformational Times, which highlights the vital intersection between strategy and leadership while emphasizing the truly transformational times we are living in today.
Colby Jenkins
Colby Jenkins is a combat veteran who was deployed around the world with his Special Forces A-team, to include Afghanistan and South America (Colombia and Paraguay). Other government business took him to the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Bangladesh, Panama, Argentina and Brazil. Colby’s responsibilities as a Green Beret liaison to the U.S. Congress included taking members of Congress and professional staff to see and understand sensitive special operations activities around the world.
Hosted By
Co-hosted with: Garthwait Leadership Center, J-Term, Strengthening Democracy